Directory

OCCA strengthens the arts by ensuring that the Oregon coast has a rich and vibrant arts community through support and promotion of arts organizations and individual artists.

This directory represents the coastal areas of Oregon, which include Clatsop, Tillamook, Lincoln, Coos, and Curry counties and the coastal towns of Lane and Douglas counties. OCCA is the regional arts council for this area. Learn more about OCCA's regional arts activities.

Oregon Coast Children's Theatre

Oregon Coast Children's Theater was founded in 1990, and trains students in the study of the fine and performing arts, theatre, film, music, media arts, design, circus, dance, writing, traditional and folk arts like puppetry.

Oregon Coast Council for the Arts (OCCA)

The Oregon Coast Council for the Arts (OCCA) manages two facilities in Newport, the Performing Arts Center (PAC) and Visual Arts Center (VAC), in keeping with its mission, which is to celebrate, promote and develop community arts. Both facilities are available for rental engagement; call 541-265-2787 for details.

Oregon Coast Music Association

Oregon Coast Recorder Society

The Oregon Coast Recorder Society, the first chapter of the American Recorder Society in Oregon, was founded in 1992 by a small group of recorder enthusiasts on the central Oregon coast. The chapter currently has nineteen members, who come from communities all over western Lincoln County.

Oregon Coastal Quilters Guild

The Oregon Coastal Quilters Guild (OCQG) is a nonprofit organization of more than 200 quilt lovers throughout Lincoln County and beyond. They meet on the second Thursday of each month in the Fellowship Hall of Atonement Lutheran Church, 2315 N. Coast Highway, in Newport. Meetings feature a program, member “show and tell,” and involvement opportunities. Their annual quilt show is on the first Friday and Saturday of August at the Newport Recreation Center. See their website, www.oregoncoastalquilters.org, for meeting times and more information.

Oregon Coast Community College Foundation

The OCCC Foundation provides the opportunity for individuals, families, businesses, and corporations to invest in the future of the College and the community it serves by making financial contributions.

Oregon Coast Youth Symphony

The Festival’s mission is to enhance the quality of life for Oregon’s youth by providing the opportunity to learn and perform orchestral music together in a non-competitive and collaborative environment.

Pacific City Arts Association

Pacific Dance Ensemble / Newport School of Artistic Movement

Newport School of Artistic Movement (NSAM) offers classes in contemporary ballet – a fusion of ballet, modern and jazz dance – to students ages 3 ­years to adult in beginning through advanced levels. The school is associated with Pacific Dance Ensemble,